diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c
index dcecf2e8dc8e..ae5743c9a894 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ static int gadc_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	gti->channel = devm_iio_channel_get(&pdev->dev, "sensor-channel");
 	if (IS_ERR(gti->channel)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(gti->channel);
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "IIO channel not found: %d\n", ret);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "IIO channel not found: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -142,8 +143,10 @@ static int gadc_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 							   &gadc_thermal_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(gti->tz_dev)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(gti->tz_dev);
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Thermal zone sensor register failed: %d\n",
-			ret);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+				"Thermal zone sensor register failed: %d\n",
+				ret);
 		return ret;
 	}